Dementia

About Us

The Dementia team are dedicated to improving services for people living with dementia and their carers during their contact with Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Main Aims

To identify if people are experiencing memory difficulties and refer them to their GP for consideration for specialist memory assessment
To offer additional support to individuals living with dementia throughout their hospital journey
To work alongside staff in clinical areas to ensure that carers of people living with dementia feel listened to and involved in the care being provided
To ensure that carers receive relevant information and are signposted to other support that is available to them
To support staff to access training and education about dementia and how it effects the person and their family/carers
To raise staff awareness of dementia and the importance of person centred care planning
To reduce the number of ward moves for people living with dementia
To keep length of stay in hospital to a minimum
To elicit feedback from people living with dementia and their carers and use this to improve service provision
To liaise with other organisations to support people both in and out of hospital

Dementia Action Plan

The Trust has developed an action plan in association with the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA). Further details regarding this are available on the DAA website (external website, link opens in new window).